Prerly perched Gay Head Lighthoe is on the move Martha’s Veyard. Fortunately, the move is not a wily feared fall off a cliff.
Contents:
- HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
- AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA
- GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE
- ISLAND PREPAR FOR GAY HEAD LIGHT RELOTN
HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
GEI Consultants served as the geotechnil nsultant for the relotn of the 465-ton, 159-year-old Gay Head Lighthoe. * gay head lighthouse relocation *
Another challengg nsiratn was the social, enomic, and staable velopment of the Gay Head Lighthoe project.
AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA
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The Gay Head Cliffs and surroundg lands have a sacred anctral and signifint cultural importance to the Wampanoag Tribe.
After 2-1/2 days, the Gay Head Lighthoe was succsfully moved a distance of 129 feet away om the erodg cliff and onto s new foundatn, 12 days ahead of schle.
The Gay Head Cliffs and surroundg lands, which are owned by the native Wampanoag Tribe, did not experience any adverse damage durg the relotn.
GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE
The Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard was threatened by years of erosn.
Prerly perched Gay Head Lighthoe is on the move Martha’s Veyard.
ISLAND PREPAR FOR GAY HEAD LIGHT RELOTN
“The lighthoe is immediate danger of topplg over the edge of the Gay Head Cliffs, a nsequence of a century of erosn and the direct impact of climate change, ” the Natnal Tst for Historic Prervatn’s webse said s listg of the 1854 lighthoe on s 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Plac. Before started movg, the lighthoe was jt 46 feet om the edge of Gay Head Cliffs. “The Gay Head Lighthoe is really one of the inic landmarks that intifi this island.